Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “nixies” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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46 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
nixies	13	53	1387	(None)
nixes	12	45	1962	1	nix_es
nixie	12	51	1494	1	nixie_
pixies	15	49	1551	1	pixies
bikies	12	45	1516	2	bikies
cities	8	45	2485	2	cities
civies	11	41	1644	2	civies
dexies	14	50	1834	2	dexies
didies	8	46	2183	2	didies
dixits	14	42	1031	2	dixits
doxies	14	39	1785	2	doxies
fixes	15	47	2359	2	fix_es
indies	7	38	2278	2	indies
ivies	8	42	1576	2	_ivies
ixias	12	48	837	2	_ixias
lilies	6	30	2141	2	lilies
mixes	14	72	2440	2	mix_es
moxies	15	43	1740	2	moxies
navies	9	52	1862	2	navies
newies	9	10	1407	2	newies
niches	11	44	1914	2	niches
nides	6	52	2913	2	ni_des
nieces	8	41	1271	2	nieces
nieves	9	43	1129	2	nieves
nifties	10	26	1250	2	nifties
nihils	9	3	757	2	nihils
nines	5	59	3734	2	ni_nes
ninnies	7	37	1361	2	ninnies
niseis	6	35	1202	2	niseis
nites	5	57	3634	2	ni_tes
nitres	6	55	1933	2	nitres
nixe	11	57	2202	2	nix_e_
nixed	13	57	1422	2	nix_ed
nixing	14	33	1149	2	nixing
nudies	7	52	1709	2	nudies
pities	8	38	2808	2	pities
pixes	14	43	2317	2	pix_es
pixie	14	54	1552	2	pixie_
pyxies	18	33	829	2	pyxies
sixes	12	45	2636	2	six_es
sixtes	13	36	1240	2	sixtes
sixties	14	3	1097	2	sixties
taxies	13	58	1733	2	taxies
tidies	7	47	2183	2	tidies
unifies	10	27	1471	2	unifies
unities	7	25	2015	2	unities

Search took 3 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	46	2.203	37472.1
3	Display Results	46	46	0.013	3538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	46	2.562	69746.7